John W. Shearer was one of two children born to John L. Shearer of Kansas and Ethel Shaw of County Kildare, Ireland. The younger John was born in Highland Park, Michigan, in 1927. He died in Redlands, California, in 1998.

Many of our cases involve complex genealogies and interesting insights into history. Some of them also include convoluted legal issues. The combined estates of Filipp & Maria Schwlatsch and Franc Seme had all three.

Merle F. Gribble died in 1999 at the age of 93, the last survivor of her immediate family. A records search indicated that Ezekiel Gribble, Merle's grandfather, was the father of 15 children and 96 grandchildren, making closest living family members the descendants of numerous cousins. We identified 808 individual heirs of Merle Gribble, the largest heirship in our extensive history.

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Since 1932 Brandenburger & Davis has become a recognized leader in the highly specialized field of probate research and genealogy. Our firm assists executors, administrators, attorneys, court officials and banking institutions in the process of settling estates. Our excellent track record of identifying and locating missing and unknown heirs throughout the world is unsurpassed in the industry.

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Brandenburger & Davis has been in business since 1932 and over the years we have successfully worked on thousands and thousands of cases. While every case and each genealogy is different, many of the questions initially asked by our heirs are very similar.